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Solarpat Foraging Bee

Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Posts: 220 Location: Bandon, OREGON, USA
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:19 am Post subject: A Bully Bee? |
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I was shooting some video of bees working the Flowering Cherry tree blossoms a couple of days ago when I noticed what looked like a bee pulling another bee off it's blossom and tossing her aside. I caught it on slow motion video here, http://solarbeez.com/2013/04/10/a-bully-bee/
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AlchemyBees Guard Bee
Joined: 05 Jan 2013 Posts: 54 Location: Newberg, Oregon USA
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:12 am Post subject: |
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I wonder if bees have territory. That's what it looked like. The other bee just flew off. Maybe it knew it was tresspassing. "and don't come back!" |
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Wildflower_VA Scout Bee

Joined: 29 Sep 2009 Posts: 407 Location: USA, VA, Shenandoah Valley
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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:55 am Post subject: |
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Incredible video, even before the bully bee. Never seen anything like it. |
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Solarpat Foraging Bee

Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Posts: 220 Location: Bandon, OREGON, USA
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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Just last week ago I was shooting another short video of bees on apple tree blossoms...again, I was focused on a bee working an apple blossom when another bee swooped down and 'tumbled' the nectar sipping bee. Both bees then flew off.
I shoot a lot of video with my little pocket camera...I'm going to try to document whenever it happens. So far I've only seen it on white colored blossoms...flowering cherry and apple...don't know if the color has anything to do with it. _________________ This forum is a great place to learn the buzz on bees. |
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zaunreiter Moderator Bee

Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 3097 Location: Germany, NorthWest
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:21 am Post subject: |
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I saw a bully solitary bee kicking another off a blossom. See:
Also I observed bully honeybees at the pond when taking water. This observation was confirmed by another beek. |
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Solarpat Foraging Bee

Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Posts: 220 Location: Bandon, OREGON, USA
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biobee Site Admin

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 1059 Location: UK, England, S. Devon
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Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Looked like an aphid to me.
Who knows why the bee took against it, though? |
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